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 Cliff
Atkinson advises the senior leadership of some of the world's
largest companies on how they can engage the organizational phenomenon
called PowerPoint. In this interview Cliff discusses his book, storyboarding
inside PowerPoint and shares some ideas. Read
the interview here...
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Christian Lund-Sørensen is co-owner and serves as Managing Director at SkabelonDesign. He is responsible for all international activities in the company and also focus on strategic development of the company. In this interview, Christian discusses the PresentationEngine product, and how it can make life easier for PowerPoint designers. 
Christina Deatherage serves as
Vice President of Sales and Marketing for ShowLogicTM for Catevo.
Prior to joining The Catevo Group, she worked for IBM/Lenovo where
she held various marketing, sales and strategy positions. In this interview, she discusses Catevo's new ShowLogic presentation platform. 
Ric
Bretschneider is Senior Program Manager for PowerPoint at Microsoft
and he celebrates fifteen years as
a Microsoft veteran, having joined
the company in 1993 to work on PowerPoint
for Windows and the Macintosh. Over
the years, he's contributed to the
design and direction of the application,
and been awarded three PowerPoint
related patents. In this interview,
Ric discusses his fifteen years,
his involvement with PowerPoint,
the MVPs, his podcasts, and how PowerPoint
was named. 
Jim Endicott is a nationally-recognized consultant, designer, speaker specializing in professional presentation messaging, design and delivery. In this interview, Jim discusses the implications of changes in this decade, the influence of technology, the sophistication of the marketplace, and the utilization of potential. 
Katherine Murray is
the author of more than 50 books on technology and writes articles
for various Microsoft sites. She also writes and edits the Microsoft
Mindshare newsletter and contributes articles to CNET's TechRepublic.
In addition to books and articles, Katherine publishes BlogOffice,
a blog sharing tips and ideas related to various versions of Microsoft
Office. 
James Gordon has
been a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) since 2000 and
can be found in the Microsoft Macintosh newsgroups for Excel, PowerPoint
and Word. PowerPoint users will recognize Jim as the creator of
InsertPicture add-in for Macintosh. At SUNY University at Buffalo, Jim works
helping faculty, staff and instructors with a wide array of technologies
for higher education. 
Johnson Yang is 
Ellen
Finkelstein is the author of How To Do Everything
with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 and the upcoming PowerPoint
for Teachers: Dynamic Presentations and Interactive Classroom
Projects. Ellen maintains a web site that offers PowerPoint
tips and a selection of free backgrounds. There, you can sign
up for her monthly PowerPoint Tips Newsletter to get free tips,
tutorials, and techniques. 
Tom
Mucciolo is president of MediaNet,
and a recognized industry expert in visual communications, business
presentations and leadership skills. He has served as a skills
consultant for major corporations since 1985, concentrating on
the script, visuals, and delivery associated with presentations,
especially electronic events. High-profile communicators, including
corporate leaders, politicians, educators, physicians, lawyers,
sales teams,media personalities, as well as those at any organizational
level, demand his coaching expertise to enhance executive presence,
improve leadership effectiveness and develop high-quality communication
skills. 
Carmine
Gallo is a communications coach for
the world’s most admired brands. His client list includes
Intel, Chase, Barclays, IBM, Nokia, and many others. He is an
Emmy award-winning journalist and former anchor, host, and business
correspondent for CNN, Fox, CNET, and CBS. Gallo writes a bi-weekly
column on the subject of business communications for Businessweek.com
and he is the author of two books aimed at business professionals
who want to become better speakers and presenters. 
Terry
Irwin is a consultant surgeon in Belfast, Northern Ireland
working for the National Health Service (NHS). Terry is also
a long time PowerPoint user and co-author of a book on PowerPoint
geared towards the designing of medical presentations. In this
interview, Terry discusses the use of PowerPoint in medicine,
and his book. 
Kathy
Villella is cofounder of PowerFrameworks,
and is primarily responsible for the site content. She has provided
presentation development support for 20 years. Kathy supported
client engagement teams and supervised and trained team support
at McKinsey & Company, Inc., for nearly 15 years and
has provided freelance production support to world-class firms
for over 13 years. 
Vikas
Joshi known for his groundbreaking work in the online
learning industry, product innovations, and offshore outsourcing
models. Under his guidance and leadership, the Harbinger group
has built innovative software products for the global marketplace.
In this interview, he discusses Raptivity, their e-learning content
creation tool.
Mike
Soucie heads Electric Rain,
creators of the upcoming StandOut presentation program. In this
interview, Mike explains the concept and workflow within StandOut,
and discusses Flypaper, the dashboard within StandOut. 
Rodney
Saulsberry is one of the top voice-over talents in the
United States, and author of the new book, Step
Up To The Mic. For more than a decade the Detroit native
and University of Michigan graduate has given voice to many successful
commercial campaigns, including Toyota Camry, Alpo, Verizon,
and numerous movie trailers. In this interview, Rodney discusses
his new book. 
Jonathan
Boutelle is the CTO of SlideShare, and is a principal
at Uzanto Consulting. A software engineer by training, his interests
lie at the intersection of technology, business, and user experience.
In this interview, Jonathan discusses SlideShare and PowerPoint. 
Tom
Bunzel specializes in knowing what other presenters
need. He has appeared on Tech TV's Call for Help as "Professor
PowerPoint" and is a featured speaker at the PowerPoint
Live conference each year. In this interview, Tom discusses his
book and PowerPoint.
Don
Brittain is CEO and a founder of Instant Effects, a
California company that develops software to visually enhance
presentations, communications, and collaboration. Don has a personal
interest in bringing the power of interactive computing and visual
communication into mainstream use. In this interview, he discusses
OficeFX and PowerPoint. 
Johan
Rosenquist is the founder of w2solutions, a software
innovation company. To the PowerPoint community, he brings experience
from the Telecom world via the HeadsetPresenter application.
In this interview, Johan discusses Headset Presenter, Bluetooth,
and PowerPoint. 
Dr.
Christopher Peri has his credentials in architecture,
and delves into methods that faciliate designers and engineers
to network in real-time. He is the CTO at Simulat, Inc. where
he leads development of Vyew, an interactive browser-based collaborative
workspace. In this interview, Christopher discusses Vyew, PowerPoint
integration and more. 
Daniel
Park has spent more than a decade in multimedia development,
and has worked with Camtasia Studio since its
introduction as Camtasia back at the start of the milennium.
In this interview, Danies discusses his book, Camtasia Studio,
and PowerPoint. 
Kirk
Cunnigham is Executive Director, Marketing at Business
Objects, creators of 
Joel
Harband heads Tuval Software Industries, based
in Israel. Their best known product is Speech-Over Studio,
a PowerPoint add-in that enables PowerPoint slides to incorporate
narrations using automated voices. In this interview, Joel
discusses his product and its typical applications. 
Michael
Doyle is the Chairmasn and Chief Executive Officer Of
Impatica. In this interview, Michael discusses Impatica in education
and business, and Impatica's new hardware device -- the Showmate
that allows you to project PowerPoint presentations directly
from your BlackBerry PDA. 
Echo
Swinford is a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP (Most Valuable
Professional). When she's not working on new media, she is answering
almost all the questions on the PowerPoint newsgroup. In this
interview, Echo discusses 
Jeff
Van West puts his get-the-job-done philosophy into practice
in training movies on 
As
President of Grass Roots Software, Lou
Douros' primary role is in securing partnerships to advance
the use of Grass Roots Software technology in a broad range of
vertical markets and business to business solutions. In this interview, 
Ray
Larabie became interested in fonts in the early 70's
when his grandmother gave him sheets of Letraset. He became so
familiar with typefaces that, by the time he was 17, he could
identify hundreds of fonts by name. Ray now heads Larabie Fonts
and Typodermic - 
James
Theall is CEO of Media Marketing Inc., a Boulder, Colorado-based
software and service company that has recently launched SlideManager
for PowerPoint. James remains obsessed with automating the model
that shifts individuals creating their own presentations (PowerPoint’s
original model) to the hub-and-spoke model that moves presentation
building out into the field while maintaining knowledge, story
points and design standards. 
Composer/Producer John
Bickerton is Creative Director for the UniqueTracks
Production Music Library. UniqueTracks licenses music for use
as soundtrack in digital video productions, independent films,
Flash, multimedia and PowerPoint presentations. 
Nancy
Duarte has been a Principal of Duarte Design since 1990.
Her firm is in the heart of the Silicon Valley and the client
list is loaded with Fortune 500 companies. Her passion for business
communications that are clear, meaningful and attractive has
opened doors for her in a business world full of cluttered and
complex visual communications. 
Rick
Altman is all set to host the third annual 
Jan
Ozer has worked with digital video since 1991, originally
in the video compression industry and since 1996 as a contributing
editor for EventDV and PC Magazine. Jan teaches courses in digital
video production, both privately and for the University of Wisconsin
Department of Continuing Education, and shoots and produces DVDs
for local musicians near his hometown in Galax, Virginia. 
Joye
Argo spent a number of years in corporate marketing
and advertising for the education and healthcare sectors. She
was a national account executive for a Fortune 500 firm before
starting her own company providing research consulting to large
direct marketing firms. Joye is a principal and Vice President
of Business Development at Studio F Productions.